Songket the Silk Yarn Weaving
The Palembang’s Songket weaving , in form of fabrics or shaw nowadays, has been quite famous especially after being promoted many times in various national events, festivals, or exhibitions in this country.
bungo cino
bungo pacik
songket pulir
The songket is made of silk yarns, combining with golden ones, and then woven into fabrics with particularly high touch of art. It is a traditional Palembang’s crafts, it is very unique that differentiate them with other kind of crafts, and usually products of homemade industries.
The Songket are usually woven by the women, but lately the men are involved too. It’s motives are varie form Lepus, jando baraes, bunga inten, tretes midar, pulis biru, kembang suku hijau, bungo cimo, bunga pacik, etc.
The Songket commonly worn by women in ceremonies, such as weddings, official occasion or traditional ceremonies. The Songket worn indicate the dignity of the person, that’s why The Songket fabrics are used as gifts too. (http://exotictour.info )
